Whipping golf clubs or the like



Nov. 9,1926. 1,606,711 W. P. LEVY I WHIPPING GOLF CLUBS OR THE LIKE Filed May 13. 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 9, 1926.

- STAT Es Lawn M s g WILLIA r. LEVY, or srnncnnnsg-onmronivm.

WHIPPING coma. CLUBS on THE LIKE..

I Annamaria May is, 1926. serial No. 108,5 2. J

In the ordinary construction of, golf club shafts or handlejs it is frequently customary to wrap a strip of leatherspirally around the sha.ft,this leather being. glued or other wise suitably seci'ired at one end, and the 1 free end of the leather being retained in place by a whipping seizing or serving encircling the leather aiid the shaft. 3

h w pp n o W a pi ne ployed, severance of a single convolution of the Whipping will cause the entire Whipping p yQ wj .C' Further objects of the invention are to provide a golf club embodying the present cord to unravel or v unwind, thereby render-,

ing the same useless.

r In accordance withthe present invention I so whip the leather that the severance of :1- one convolution of the whipping cannot cause unwinding or unravelllng of the other convolutions thereof, inasmuchfas each convolution is interlocked with adjacent COILVO. 'lutions in sucha' mannerth'at unwinding of more than one convolution is impossible. A further object of the. invention is. to provide a whipping which may be appl ed rapidly and atno material increasein cost over the whip-pings now commonly em-i inventionwhich willbe'of simple, practical construction, rugged, and durable 1n use, and of neat and attractive appearance.

- With the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain and twisted. about the shaft.

Fig. 3 is a further enlarged cletailshowing two convolutions of the whipping cord, andthe manner in which eachindividual convoy lution is locked against unwinding.

Fig. 4 is a small view in side elevation illustrating a whipping embodying the present invention in which the knots of the sucindicated at 12. then wrapped about the shaft and a simenlarged detail view showing 11ar procedure isfollowed, each convolution the manner in which the cord is wrapped cessive convolutionsfof thewhipping cord produce spiral ribs on- ,the whipping.

In the drawings, Ilia e usedthe reference character 10 to designate the shaft'of a golf club, abo-utthe upper end of which is spirally wound a leather strip 11. Strip; 11 may be glued or otherwise anchored to the upper, end oftheshaft and at its lower end is secured by a series of laterally adjacent convolution-s of whipping 12overlapping the lower end of the leather strip and rep taining the same, against unwinding or against longitudinal. displacement on the: shaft. l 1 i The present invention is primarilyac'oncerned with the niannerin which this whi V pingis applied, and with the provisionof it whipping which will not become unwound: one convolution thereof is inadvertently. severed. I "I v The ordinary method of whipping is to anchor one. end of the whippingcord, wrap the cord around the shaft, and the leath'er.

strip in a series of laterally adjacent convolutions, then anchor the other-end ofthe cord. ,With such'a method the severance of I whipping [coid to unwind. In, accordance is knottedbr twisted, and tliepossibility of' the entire cord becoming unwrappedupon a singlecoiivolutionwould cause-the entire .with'thepresent inventioineach convolution i severance of one convolution is eliminated.

As best seen in Fig. 2, one end 12 of the whipping cord is wrapped about the lowermost convolution of the cord, andthe free end of the cord tucked under saidconvolution to serve as ,an anchor. The intermediate portion of the cord is then wrapped around the shaft forming a'convolution 12 immediately above and laterally adjacent the lowermost convolution 12. Before forming the third convolution, the intermediate portion .of the whipping cord is twisted under and over convolution 12 as Another convolution is including a twist or knot such; as 12 which sustains the individual convolution against v unwindingwhen an adjacent convolution is" severed.

Iopreferto so arrange the twists or knots V in the whipping cord, that the twist on one convolution will be closely adjacent the twist of another convolution. The twists V will thus producea stepped or spiral 1appearanceas indicated in Fig. 4-. 0f the; drawings, 1

Here the successive twlsts or knots produce a spiral rib about the Whipping, and

the finished club is of attractive appearance. I It Will be evident fromreference tovFig. 8, that cutting of the whipping cord at j some point, such as the point 15, would not cause unwinding of either ,of the convolutions shown inFigB, and that if either of 'wherein the twists are arranged adjacent shall consider myself at liberty to 'niake such changes andalterationsas fairly fall withinthe spirit and scopeof the appended I claim"? 1."A method of whipping which includes the steps of winding a cord ina series of laterally adjacent convolutions about an article to bewhipped, and twisting'the cord under each convolution before the next eonvolution is for ned, whereby the cord is bound by each convolution and the convolu tions individually hold the cord against ung rapp -f 2. A method as set forth in clainrl, and

each "other in adj acent convolut'ions to produce a generally stepped or spiral series of twisted portions in the finished 3. A golf club including a'shaft and a flexible eleinent wrapped about the handle end of the shaft, a whipping cored. wrapped about the shaft and one'end of the flexible element to prevent unwinding of'the flexible element, said Whipping including a series of adjacenticonvolutions individually locked against unwrapping. I 4. A golf club including a shaft and a flexible element wrapped about the handle end of the shaft, a whipping cord'wrapped about the shaft and, one end of the flexible element to prevent unwinding of; the Hexible element, said whipping including a se'- ries of adjacent convolutions individuallylocked against unwrapping, passing the cord end under one convolutlon before forming the next convolution.

5. A gv l'f club including a shaft and a flexible element wrapped about the handle end of the shaft, a whipping'cord wrapped about the shaft and one end of the flexibleelement to prevent unwinding of the flexible element, said Whipping including a series of adjacent convolutions individually locked against unwrapping, by passingfthe cord end under one' convolution before forming the next convolution to fol-ma spiral series of twists in the cord. i V i 6. golf club including a shaft, a leather strip spirally wound abOutIthe'h a-ndle end of the shaft, a'whipping cord ,jlashing down the free end ofthe'leather strip, and includ ing a series ;of' laterally adjacent "convolution's, each having a twist therein to prevent unwinding of one convolution upon sever ance' of an adja.ce 11t one. 

